The Arts

We’ll start with the big one first: Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic, shares this item, about the OSF: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland  has been given a $3 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.  As a result,  OSF will change the name of its outdoor amphitheatre from the Elizabethan Stage/Allen Pavilion…

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced that executive director Paul Nicholson is stepping down. Here’s a story about his departure from the Ashland Daily Tidings. Nicholson has been the guy behind the business side of the operation for the past 17 years. Bill Rauch — the artistic head — remains in place. Seattle Times…